The advent of the transfer portal and the elimination of the rule that required players to sit out for a year upon transferring from one four-year school to another have radically transformed the way many Division I teams construct their rosters. Accordingly, the new landscape has prompted us to change the way we rank newcomer classes. In years past, it was a simple matter of considering which teams brought in the strongest groups of freshmen and juco transfers. Now we also must consider four-year transfers, most of whom make a shorter impact — but oftentimes a more significant immediate impact[…]
